"Damian!" Ghetsis shouted. He was very angry.
Ghetsis looked at the three Genesect. They had been under his control just a moment ago. Now, they pointed their cannons at him. Ghetsis could not control his feelings.
"Damian!!!!"
Ghetsis screamed like a crazy person. He felt completely broken inside.
He thought it was all because of Damian. If Team Rocket was not there, he would not be in this bad situation. Everything was supposed to go well.
Steven and the others heard Ghetsis scream. Their faces showed many emotions that were hard to describe. For a moment, they did not know what to say.
"Oh?"
Damian closed his eyes a little bit. His smile became even more gentle.
Purple flames moved in Dark Mewtwo's eyes. Ghetsis was being controlled by psychic power. Suddenly, it was hard for him to breathe. His face turned bright red. He could not say anything.
Dark Mewtwo moved its arm down. Ghetsis fell toward the ground very fast. This sudden change made Ghetsis very scared.
"N! Save me!"
"Father!"
N's expression changed. He immediately told Zoroark to run over.
Zoroark caught Ghetsis at the last second. If not, Ghetsis would have been badly hurt or killed from that height and speed.
But Ghetsis was still breathing heavily. He kept gasping for air because he was in shock.
"It seems you really do respect and love him, N."
Damian looked at N with interest.
N ran to Ghetsis to help him stand. "Damian, what were you trying to do just now?" N asked in a heavy voice.
"I just wanted to give our beloved Ghetsis a little lesson." Damian's casual attitude showed how he felt. Then, Damian paused. He looked at N with a bright smile.
"Even if I really wanted to kill him, what could you do about it, N?"
"I won't let you have your way!"
N's voice was very firm. Ghetsis had raised him and taught him. To N, Ghetsis was still his family, even if they were not related by blood.
"Oh?" Damian looked at N with a half-smile.
"What should we do next?"
Alder looked at the two evil groups talking. He asked Steven and the others in a quiet, low voice.
"Don't be in a hurry. Let's watch for a bit," Giovanni said as he walked over.
"Yeah, it looks like they won't be able to settle this peacefully today." Steven agreed. "This isn't a good time to get caught in the middle of a fight between Team Rocket and Team Plasma."
"N, do you know? You're far too naive."
Damian ignored the people from the League. He looked at the black Zekrom.
There were some small injuries on Zekrom's body. These were from the battle with Leon.
It was clear the battle was very hard. Zekrom had not defeated Leon's Charizard X and Dragapult.
"If you want to humiliate me, there is no need for that."
N did not understand what Damian meant. He thought Damian was making fun of his birth and his life.
"You still don't understand. This Ghetsis you love so much has never looked at you as his child. He only sees you as a disgusting tool and a monster."
Damian said what Ghetsis really thought about N.
Hearing this, N frowned. Ghetsis looked at Damian with a dark and sad expression.
"Are you still trying to make us fight? Damian, you really are a brazen person," Ghetsis mocked.
"You don't need to hurry and say no. You know best if it is true or not," Damian looked at Ghetsis with a mocking look.
"I've said this before, N. Someone else guided your ideas on purpose. They cannot succeed. Do you know why?"
Damian looked at N again.
"Ghetsis took you in when you were a child because you could feel the emotions of Pokémon. He put Pokémon that were hurt or left by humans near you on purpose. He wanted you to feel the feelings of these Pokémon every moment. He made the place where you grew up."
N's eyes became wider. Alder and the others were also shocked.
"This..."
"This is too much!"
"What a mean thing to do. He made that environment on purpose to change a child's character."
Even people like Steven and Cynthia had strong minds. But they felt cold in their hearts when they thought of that.
A person's values take time to form. The environment is the most important thing when a person grows up.
N was a special person from birth. He could feel Pokémon's emotions and talk to them. But he was placed with Pokémon that humans had hurt and treated badly.
What could he feel?
He only felt the Pokémon's sadness, anger, and despair. He felt their hate toward humans.
"What a truly bad and mean person." Even Caitlin mocked Ghetsis at this moment.
"Father..."
N felt very lost. He looked at his foster father.
"Don't believe his lies! N, do you want to trust an enemy and doubt me? You have my family name! I am the one who raised you!"
Ghetsis was very angry, but he also felt panic. He could only rely on N now.
"Those Pokémon—I only took them and protected them because humans hurt them. You know that very well."
"..."
N was silent. He had thought the same thing. But he had to admit that Damian's words made him doubt a little.
"The world is not perfect. But what you saw when you were small does not represent everything. N, Ghetsis only showed you a small part of the truth."
Damian watched Ghetsis act crazy. He spoke slowly.
"However, he reached his goal. He used this small truth to lead you to your strong ideas. You did the things that he could not do himself."
"Ghetsis... he is proud but weak. He thinks he is better than others but he is stupid. He did not even hide these truths from your two older sisters. Maybe he made it too obvious. Did they see it because they were not biased? Or did they hear what Ghetsis was thinking?"
Damian mocked him slowly. Ghetsis's eyes became even darker.
Anthea and Concordia were also children that Ghetsis took in when they were young.
They were like N's sisters. They really cared for N. They were the ones who told the main character about N's past.
"You might not trust my words. But if you ask your sisters, they will tell you the truth."
N suddenly felt very weak. He stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
N's eyes became lifeless again. He was smart and not stupid. But if Damian was right, then all his actions in the past were wrong.
"Nonsense!! Damian, do you think you can make us fight with this trick?"
Ghetsis shouted angrily. He did not want to admit it. He could not admit it now.
"There is no need to shout. It is very simple to find the truth. Mewtwo can use Hypnosis on you. Then you will speak the truth from your heart."
Damian looked up and spoke calmly.
Ghetsis's face changed a lot.
"Do not worry. Mewtwo is a Psychic-type Legendary Pokémon. Its Hypnosis skill is excellent. It will not hurt your brain."
"Are you joking!"
Ghetsis would never agree. Hypnosis could hurt the brain. Even a young child knew that. He did not believe Damian when he said it was safe.
"N, let's leave first. This guy is too dangerous."
Ghetsis spoke to N in a low voice. He wanted to leave now. The League and Damian were both very dangerous to him.
They all wanted to catch him. Ghetsis was very angry. Alder and the others pressed him relentlessly. But Damian had been there for a long time and they did not move. They did not try to fight Damian.
How could they treat him so differently?!!
"I understand."
N said in a low voice. His mind was messy. He did not know the truth. He did not know if his ideas were right. But Ghetsis raised him. They should leave now.
"Zekrom."
N called his Pokémon.
Zekrom let out a roar. It prepared to take N and Ghetsis away.
But then, a blue light appeared around Ghetsis again. His body moved up. He could not control it.
Ghetsis was scared. He called to N for help.
"N! Save me!"
"Damian!" N looked at Damian. He knew it was the Pokémon behind Damian.
"If you want to leave, I won't stop you. But Ghetsis cannot go." Damian spoke with a smile.
He was waiting for something fun. Ghetsis had to be with the Unova League for this to happen.
"..."
N's brow furrowed. Dark Mewtwo moved Ghetsis toward Alder and the others.
"???"
Alder was surprised. He was just watching the show.
"Zekrom!"
N could not just watch Ghetsis get caught. Zekrom flew toward Ghetsis.
"Woo~!"
Just then, Reshiram let out a light and beautiful roar.
A beautiful Reshiram with twin-tail features spread its wings and came out. It fired a strong Dragon Pulse at Zekrom.
Zekrom's eyes narrowed. It moved back to dodge the Dragon Pulse. It looked at Reshiram.
"Reshiram!!"
N looked at the white Pokémon in the sky.
"So you were the one who woke up Reshiram."
N looked at Damian. He was not really surprised. It was Damian. Damian was talented enough to wake up Reshiram.
"Damian actually got Reshiram."
On the League's side, Wallace looked at the beautiful Reshiram. He felt a little jealous. Why did Damian get another Legendary Pokémon?
"He has become stronger again." Leon rubbed his forehead. Damian was much stronger now because he had Reshiram.
"Woo~!"
Reshiram looked at Zekrom. It was very excited!
Black Zekrom! Today, I will show you what "Truth" really means!
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